Siphon Insight

{U}{B}

Instant

OTCOutlaws of Thunder Junction Commander#242rare
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster
Illustrator
Livia Prima
Found in
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander Deck Grand Larceny
Printings8
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Look at the top two cards of target opponent's library. Exile one of them face down and put the other on the bottom of that library. You may play the exiled card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell. Flashback {1}{U}{B}
Flashback
Market · per finishspark updated 9h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil-2.9%
$0.34
$0.11 low$0.08 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.22· across 8 printings

Rulings

10 · latest Sep 24, 2021 · one tap opens all
  • WotCSep 24, 2021

    "Flashback [cost]" means "You may cast this card from your graveyard by paying [cost] rather than paying its mana cost" and "If the flashback cost was paid, exile this card instead of putting it anywhere else any time it would leave the stack."

  • WotCSep 24, 2021

    A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.

  • WotCSep 24, 2021

    If a card with flashback is put into your graveyard during your turn, you can cast it if it's legal to do so before any other player can take any actions.

  • WotCSep 24, 2021

    To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a flashback cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.

  • WotCSep 24, 2021

    You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.

  • WotCSep 24, 2021

    You must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions, including those based on the card's type. For instance, you can cast a sorcery using flashback only when you could normally cast a sorcery.

  • WotCSep 24, 2021

    Only you get to look at the exiled card. Its owner doesn't get to know what it is while it is in exile unless you tell them.

  • WotCSep 24, 2021

    You don't have to disclose which card you exiled and which card you put on the bottom of the library. For example, if your opponent knows what the top card of their library is and you cast Siphon Insight, you don't have to tell them where you put that card.

  • WotCSep 24, 2021

    You may play the card even if it is a land.

  • WotCSep 24, 2021

    You must still follow all normal timing rules to play a card exiled with Siphon Insight.